Delegation also includes Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu, Minister of State Ethnic Affairs Commission Yang Jing, Ambassador to Skopje Cui Zhiwei, Deputy General Secretary of the General Office of the State Council Ding Suedong, Deputy Foreign Minister Zhai Jun and Deputy International Trade Representative Chong Quan.

The delegation consists of thirty members among whom is president of China National Agricultural Development Group, director general of Department for International Cooperation within Ministry of Agriculture and director general of the Institute for Economics Development Research.

President Gjorge Ivanov and PM Nikola Gruevski will also meet with Chinese delegation.

Exchange of Letters on civil servants training project will be carried out as well as Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two countries, Memorandum of Cooperation in Agriculture and Protocol for Tobacco Export from the Republic of Macedonia to People's Republic of China are to be signed today.

Interlocutors concluded that the two countries nourished mutual respect and strong friendship. PM Gruevski at the meeting informed Speaker Sprem on Macedonia's strategic priorities in foreign policy - NATO and EU membership - and on the measures taken to meet the goal.

Talks also focused on economic cooperation between the countries. It was concluded that there were opportunities to enhance the cooperation in various aspects of the economic sphere.

Both interlocutors agreed that there was an immense interest in expanding and strengthening bilateral ties, especially in relation to European and Euro-Atlantic integration.